Position African World Review

Position African World Review Position is primarily a focus magazine for African arts in Africa and Africa's diasporas. Founded in 2001 as an authoritative reviews platform.

OVER THE RUGGED ROAD OF LAGOS ART DEALERSHIPONLY A FEW NAMES COMMAND THE KIND OF RESPECT AND ADMIRATION ACCORDED TO OLAS...
11/07/2025

OVER THE RUGGED ROAD OF LAGOS ART DEALERSHIP

ONLY A FEW NAMES COMMAND THE KIND OF RESPECT AND ADMIRATION ACCORDED TO OLASEHINDE ODIMAYO IN THE EXPANSIVE ARTISTIC TERRAIN OF LAGOS. THE ART DEALER TURNED 75 RECENTLY.

Usually, it is the creators of the art who gain all the focus in this line of business. Little attention is paid to the real chaperones who keep the artistic engine running and the business side of things moving. And it seems to serve this denizen of the fine art industry quite well, for he is the self-effacing, and ultimate back stage type of operative, whose person has so far managed to successfully evade the frequently intrusive visual art columns of the Nigerian newspapers. He would rather write on others by himself or contribute to some trending topic in culture and the arts. I would say, one of his ways of further deflecting attention from himself, thereby creating more privacy to conduct his next adroit business move!

With Olasehinde Odimayo, it isn’t always about profit. There is his prominent compassionate side, especially when he is dealing with up and coming artists who need help and reassurance that going full throttle producing the art is the right way to go. He has also served as mentor to would-be gallerists, some of whom started out as his gallery or business assistants who got their training on the go as his understudy.

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Kole Ade Odutola is a professor at the University of Florida,Gainesville. He has taught Yoruba since 2006 and is theauth...
22/04/2024

Kole Ade Odutola is a professor at the University of Florida,
Gainesville. He has taught Yoruba since 2006 and is the
author of Diaspora and Imagined Nationality, published by
Carolina Academic Press, USA

Lookman Sanusi has been working as a creative professionalin Nigeria and the UK spanning over four decades duringwhich h...
21/04/2024

Lookman Sanusi has been working as a creative professional
in Nigeria and the UK spanning over four decades during
which he has published and served as consultant to major
institutions including the Obasanjo Presidential Library, the
BBC and the Nigerian Cultural Day in Berlin, Germany. He also
served as a roving tutor at Regents University in London and
Goldsmith University also in London. He founded Bubbles FM
in 2011 an internet radio with coverage of most of Europe. He
has ongoing business tentacles in Nigeria

Jumoke Sanwo is a storyteller, cultural producer, andfounder of Revolving Art Incubator Lagos. She useslens-based produc...
20/04/2024

Jumoke Sanwo is a storyteller, cultural producer, and
founder of Revolving Art Incubator Lagos. She uses
lens-based productions, exhibitions, social and spatial
interventions to create new imaginaries and inclusive
frameworks for urban development. Her practice stands
at the intersection of technology, innovation and African Art.
Her work explores the complexities of postcolonial realism
and the disappearance of public and social spaces in Lagos.
She has contributed to several publications, and online
resources including MoMA Post-Notes on Art in a Global
context.

Toyin Adewale-Gabriel was born in Ibadan. She earneda Master’s degree in Literature in English from ObafemiAwolowo Unive...
19/04/2024

Toyin Adewale-Gabriel was born in Ibadan. She earned
a Master’s degree in Literature in English from Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and is a leading name among
Africa’s women authors. Her works include: Naked
Testimonies; Die Aromaforscherin, (Explorer of Aroma), Bitter
Chocolate; 25 New Nigerian Poets which she edited; Nigerian
Women Short Stories, also edited and Breaking The Silence,
a co-edited collection of female writing. She is widely
anthologized and has been translated into German, French,
Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and Finnish. She has also
participated in poetry festivals in Africa, Europe, North and
South America

Lookman Sanusi has been working as a creative professionalin Nigeria and the UK spanning over four decades duringwhich h...
18/04/2024

Lookman Sanusi has been working as a creative professional
in Nigeria and the UK spanning over four decades during
which he has published and served as consultant to major
institutions including the Obasanjo Presidential Library, the
BBC and the Nigerian Cultural Day in Berlin, Germany. He also
served as a roving tutor at Regents University in London and
Goldsmith University also in London. He founded Bubbles FM
in 2011 an internet radio with coverage of most of Europe. He
has ongoing business tentacles in Nigeria.

THE EDITORDapo Adeniyi started his career on radio andtelevision. His first play was broadcast on BBC World Servicein 19...
17/04/2024

THE EDITOR
Dapo Adeniyi started his career on radio and
television. His first play was broadcast on BBC World Service
in 1986 and In 1994 was a Fellow at Downing College,
Cambridge. He wrote and directed the film adaptation of
Ake, the autobiography of Wole Soyinka and has contributed
to literature by translating indigenous fiction to English. He
was the arts and culture editor for the Daily Times, Lagos

Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, pen name Remi Raji, is a professorof English and Africana Studies at the University of Ibadan.A vi...
16/04/2024

Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, pen name Remi Raji, is a professor
of English and Africana Studies at the University of Ibadan.
A visiting professor and writer at many institutions in Africa,
North America and Europe and joint-winner of the ANA/
Cadbury Poetry Prize in 1997 with his first collection of poems,
A Harvest of laughters. In 2005, he served as Guest Writer
to the City of Stockholm, Sweden. Other volumes of poetry
by him include Webs of Remembrance (2001), Shuttlesongs
America: A Poetic Guided Tour (2003), Lovesong For My
Wasteland (2005), Gather My Blood Rivers of Song (2009),
Sea of My Mind (2013) and Wanderer Cantos (2021). He
was Secretary of PEN Nigeria Centre (2001-2010) and later
President of the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA (2011-
2015).

THE EDITORDapo Adeniyi started his career on radio andtelevision. His first play was broadcast on BBC World Servicein 19...
24/02/2024

THE EDITOR
Dapo Adeniyi started his career on radio and
television. His first play was broadcast on BBC World Service
in 1986 and In 1994 was a Fellow at Downing College,
Cambridge. He wrote and directed the film adaptation of
Ake, the autobiography of Wole Soyinka and has contributed
to literature by translating indigenous fiction to English. He
was the arts and culture editor for the Daily Times, Lagos.

Koko Kalango (left) with Dapo Adeniyi during the Lagos Art & Book Festival, LABAF
23/02/2024

Koko Kalango (left) with Dapo Adeniyi during the Lagos Art & Book Festival, LABAF

CONTRIBUTING EDITORKole Ade Odutola is a professor at the University of Florida,Gainesville. He has taught Yoruba since ...
22/02/2024

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Kole Ade Odutola is a professor at the University of Florida,
Gainesville. He has taught Yoruba since 2006 and is the
author of Diaspora and Imagined Nationality, published by
Carolina Academic Press, USA.

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